Buckle



Dec. 31, 1957 c. E. PETERSEN BUCKLE Filed Feb. 3, 1956 INVENTOR. i 1015'new no/J ATTORNEY United States Patent BUCKLE Carl E. Petersen, UpperMontclair, N. 1., assignor to Eastern Tool & Mfg. Co., Belleville, N.J., a corporation of New Jersey Application February 3, 1956, Serial No.563,314

' 3 Claims. 01. 24-73 This invention relates to improvements in buckles,such as are used for fastening one portion of a garment to another andis especially directed to a new construction of such devices which, inone form thereof, is adapted to connect a pair of buttons secured to apair of overalls, to the strap portion thereof. The invention provides anovel device, which may be formed of wire for this purpose, and which isformed, at one end thereof, with a loop to receive the free end of thestrap or to have the free end of the strap sewed or otherwise connectedthereto; the buckle may be wound around the strap to foreshorten thelatter.

A further form of the invention incorporates the novel features abovementioned, for use in connection of a single button to the strap of theoveralls.

These and other advantageous objects, which will appear from thedrawings and from the description hereinafter, are accomplished by thestructure of my invention, of which an embodiment is illustrated in thedrawings. It will be apparent, from a consideration of said drawings andthe following description, that the invention may be embodied in otherforms suggested thereby, and such other forms as come within the scopeof the appended claims are to be considered within the scope and purviewof the instant invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of one form of the inventionwherein the buckle comprises a length of wire formed of two halves,shown prior to their being secured together in assembled relation,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a buckle formed pursuant to the inventionshowing, sectionally and dotted, spaced garment buttons to be secured bythe buckle to the strap,

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of a buckle, showing the sameconnected to the free end of the strap and wound around the strap forseveral convolutions to foreshorten the strap to the desired length, and

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view showing the manner in which the freeend of the strap portion of the garment may be sewed or otherwisesecured to the elongated loop portion at the top of the buckle.

As shown in the drawings, the device of this invention comprises abuckle which is preferably made of wire either in a single continuouslength or formed of halves, each bent to define a J-shaped portion 11,12, such halves being connected at their free ends 13, 14 in any desiredor convenient manner to form, when assembled, a complete elongated loopportion 15 at the top of the buckle, defining the width of the buckle.The free ends of the wire at the ends of the loop 15, are bent angularlyand downwardly as at 16, 17, so as to define pendant sides 18, 19 of thebuckle, and said sides may be either angularly, outwardly directedrelative to the longitudinal axis 20 of the loop 15 as shown in Fig. 2,or they may be directed straight down at substantially right angles tothe longitudinal axis 20. The side lengths 18, 19 of the buckleterminate in inwardly bent portions 21, 22 to define closed spaced loops23, 24 at the lower end of the buckle. Each of said lower loops isformed by bending the wire member inwardly as shown at 21, 22 and thendownwardly arcuately inwardly as at 25, 26, then inwardly as at 27, 28,then upwardly as at 29, 30, then outwardly as at 31, 32 to the side wirelengths 18, 19 to close the lower loop.

The elongated loop portion 15 at the top of the buckle is adapted toreceive the strap S to connect it with the buckle either by passing thefree end 33 of the strap through the loop as in Fig. 3, or by stitchingsaid free end as at 34 in Fig. 4, and the buckle may be wound around thestrap so as to define convolutions such as 35, 36 to foreshorten thestrap to the desired length. The loop portions 25, 26 are adapted toreceive the spaced buttons of the garment to which the strap S is to beconnected, the shanks of the buttons being shown as at 37, 38 in Fig. 2,and the head portions in dotted lines at 39, 40. Member 10, as abovenoted, is directed outwardly at 31, 32 to the sides 18, 19 thereof toclose the lower loops 23, 24, and may be bent around said sides as notedat 50, 51.

The buckle of this invention may be formed of a single length of wire orsections of wire (Fig. 1) bent as shown in Fig. 2 so as to define thecomplete buckle, the free ends thereof being suitably connected as shownin 41 in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. An overall buckle for connection of spaced garment buttons to astrap, comprising a substantially straight length of wire section bentupon itself at the ends of the straight section to define ends andextended from each end portion toward the other end portion so as todefine parallel, straight lengths of wire, spaced from the firstmentioned straight section of wire, thereby defining an elongated loopportion of the width of the buckle at the top thereof, the free ends ofthe wire at: the ends of said loop being bent angularly and downwardlyso as to define pendant side Wire lengths of the buckle, andterminating-in inwardly bent portions to define closed spaced loops atthe lower end of the buckle, each of said closed, spaced lower loopsbeing formed by bending the wire member inwardly, then downwardly, thenarcuately inwardly, then upwardly and then outwardly to the side wirelength and bent around said side wire lengths to form encircling ringportions around said side wire lengths, thus closing the lower loop, theelongated loop portion at the top of the buckle being adapted to receivethe strap to connect it with the buckle and adapted to be wound aroundthe strap to foreshorten the latter to the desired length, the arcuateportions of the lower loops being adapted to receive said buttons toconnect the garment to the strap.

2. In an overall buckle as set forth in claim 1, said length of wirebeing formed of two halves, each bent to define a J shaped portion ofthe elongated loop, said portions being connected at the shorter lengthof the J.

3. In an overall buckle as set forth in claim 1, said wire member beingangularly downwardly and outwardly bent relative to the longitudinalaxis of the loop portion of the buckle.

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